Driver Point Standings After Daytona July 2008

Restrictor plate racing took it's toll and then some, but regardless of the venue, the same 'ol drivers were up there fighting for the lead positions, barring a few spins off of front bumpers, driver switches for a nasty flu and just some other things.

Despite spinning on the last lap, Jeff Gordon didn't lose any spots, Burton lost one and Biffle and Stewart lost three spots from their own situations.

The big spot climber was Matt Kenseth, moving up 4 spots into 9th.

RANK	+/-	DRIVER	POINTS	Bubble Diff
1	--	Kyle Busch	2686	541
2	1	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2504	359
3	-1	Jeff Burton	2484	339
4	--	Carl Edwards	2437	292
5	--	Jimmie Johnson	2319	174
6	--	Jeff Gordon	2249	104
7	--	Denny Hamlin	2240	95
8	2	Kasey Kahne	2177	32
9	4	Matt Kenseth	2166	21
10	1	Clint Bowyer	2159	14
11	-3	Greg Biffle	2153	8
12	-3	Tony Stewart	2145	0
		CHASE FOR THE SPRINT CUP - BUBBLE
13	-1	Kevin Harvick	2143	-2
14	3	David Ragan	2043	-102
15	1	Brian Vickers	2033	-112

As you can see, at the moment, from about 7th (Denny Hamlin) on back, it's a tight race for that 12th position. Anyone have a bad day and it's out of the top 12, just like that.

Traditionally, this has been Tony Stewarts time of year to kick it in gear (I don't mean buying into new teams or leaving his own), but you have to wonder if that's having any affect what so ever on him... more than likely, I'd like to think it's not. But that's me. I've been wrong before... once I think.